This report summarises the findings from 24 interviews with tourist operators and infrastructure
providers in Glacier Country on the West Coast of New Zealand’s South Island. The research was
undertaken in September 2011. In line with the area represent ...

In the summer of 2009/10 Lincoln University researchers surveyed 436 international tourists to find out how the weather and climate affects their travel in New Zealand. This document presents a selection of data collected via a number of open-ended questi ...

The aim of this research was to identify yield based visitor and itinerary prototypes. An
examination of tourist itineraries (i.e. tourist behaviour across space and time) as reported in
the International Visitor Survey revealed that – when itineraries ...

The environmental concern of campervan tourists in New Zealand was analysed in two
surveys, 2007 and 2008. The 2008 also investigated tourists’ responses to increasing fuel
prices and changes they make to their travel behaviour. The 2007 survey was unde ...

This report is part of a larger project “Preparing the tourism sector for climate change”, which seeks
to identify which parts of the tourism sector are most vulnerable to climate variability and change,
and what adaptation measures could be put in plac ...

This research explores the demand for Maori eco-cultural tourism in New Zealand. It contributes to a larger project, Te Tapoitanga Maori - 'Growing regional Maori tourism', aimed at developing sustainable growth in tourism for Maori and increasing foreign ...

The weather is an important ingredient for tourism, but it is also a potential source of hazard, with
natural disasters resulting from extreme events not being uncommon in New Zealand. Using the
tourism sector in Northland as a case study, this research ...

We analyse data on the distances travelled using car and air transport modes in New Zealand by a large sample of international tourists from six different countries of origin.
We use two-stage hurdle models to relate both the decision to use each mode an ...

Tourism's increasing contribution to climate change, especially through the use of air travel, is now acknowledged. This study seeks to explore tourists' knowledge and awareness of aviation's impact on the climate, their sense of personal responsibility a ...

Tourism is a major global industry and air travel is an increasingly vital component of international tourism. This paper examines the neglected relationship between tourism and aviation with regard to global environmental impacts, including energy use an ...